Appointments (July, 2000) Embassy of Cyprus Elena Panayidol has taken the post of press attaché. Embassy of Germany Peter Ammon has taken the post of minister (economic). Bolker Hermann Schlegel has left the post of minister (economic). Gerlind Heckmann has taken the post of second secretary (economic). Margit Mundt has left the post of second secretary (economic). Stefan Laetsch has taken the post of third secretary (economic). Erwin Ganzer has left the post of third secretary (economic). Bernd Weiser has left the post of third secretary (legal and consular) and vice consul. Peter Doll has taken the post of assistant attaché (security) Walter Hecht has left the post of assistant attaché (security) Theda Jerriho has left the post of assistant attaché. Embassy of Latvia Aivis Ronis has taken the post of ambassador. Ojars Kalnins has left the post of ambassador. Embassy of Lesotho Retselisitsoe Moea has taken the post of first secretary. Moea held the position of second secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs of the kingdom of Lesotho since 1997. Itumeleng Rafutho has left the post of first secretary. Rafutho has held the position of first secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs of the kingdom of Lesotho before her post in the United States. Embassy of Slovak Republic Milau Vajiko has taken the post of first secretary. Vajiko was previously deputy director of office of the state secretary, ministry of foreign affairs of the Slovak Republic. Ingrid Brockova has left the post of second secretary. Brockova was the economic officer of the embassy before her post as second secretary. Embassy of Vietnam Nguyen Duy Ho has taken the post of first secretary. Nguyen has 20 years of experience in foreign service, specializing in consular affairs. Nguyen also worked in Paris and Hong Kong. Ly Quoc Tuan has left the post of first secretary. Ly has 15 years of experience in foreign service, specializing in consular affairs. Ly worked at the embassy from 1997 through 2000. Pham Van Ruyen has taken the post of first secretary. Pham has 25 years of experience in foreign service. Chinh Dinh Cong has left the post of first secretary. Chinh has 20 years of experience in foreign service. Embassy of Paraguay Marcial Bobadilla has taken the post of minister-deputy chief of mission. Babadilla was the minister at the Embassy of Paraguay in Bonn, Germany, before being posted in Washington, D.C. Elianne Cibils has left the post of counselor.